Improved heel-shave



No. 48,448.. PATENTED JUNE 27, 1865.

.J. G. "Ross. YHEBL SHAVE. V

' Even???" PATENT, OF ICE;

' oHN c.3088, OEBHILADE PHM; PENNSYLVANIA Specification aimin m be Letters. Patent Notasmasi-uata an; 27, 1 865,

- To-all gohom it L v y Beit lrnownthajt I, JOHN G. Ross oi the city of" Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefullmpro'vement ,in an Implement for Shaving :the Heels of Boo s and Shoes and I do hereby declare that the following is are] I, cieamnd' eiaet'd'escrip tion thereof, reference being had to the drawings annexedand forming part of this speci fication, and the letters of reference marked thereon. i i v The nature of invention consists. in applying an adjustable blade to that class of heelshaving implements which have an adjustable guard, which blade can be removed and sharpened, and when worn out replncedwith anew Figure 1- representsa' top view. Fig. 2 represents a side view, and Fig. 3 represents a transverse section. The remainin g figures exhibit the several'par ts in detail.

' A is the center or body-of the stockymade 'of metal, and cast in one piece with thehandles B and B. 0 is a guard; attached by screws G-and G passing through slots. D- is the blade,

secured to the stock A by'means of the clamps E E, secured by the screws H H H and H to the stock A. 4

Theclamps E E are represented in Fig. 4.

stock A", and-beveled to a cutting-edge fr the concave side upon the edge nearest the guardG.

Tire-guard o issho, n'separatelyin Fig- 6,, and is slotted to permit of adjustment, so asto regulate the thickness'of shaving cut by the blade. Theblade D is adjustable by sliding toward or from the guard (J, and issecured in position by tightening the clamps E E by means of the screws-H- H H and H. The advantages derived from this jadjus'tability of the blade are threefold: first, the blade can be removed to sharpen it; second, it can be'replaced when worn out and, third, the width of opening between the guard and on Using-edge can be regulated with facilit What. I claim as my invention, and desiretosecure-as such by Letters Patent, is- The adjustable blade, combined with the adjustable guard of heel shaving tools, when constructed and operating substantially in the. manner hereinbefore set forth and specified.

- JOHN G. ROSS.

"Witnesses:

' S. LLOYD WIEGAND,

JoHN R. BENTLEY.

, The blade'D is shown in 52,-and is simply areotangular plate of steelfcurved tocon-v form .to the shape 'of the convex side of the; 

